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Wednesday 30 November 2022
Pretty Daytime Make-Up with Look Fabulous Forever
Monday 28 November 2022
Stripes and Dots: Style Not Age Challenge
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Blue Cashmere Jumper 2 Ways
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Friday 18 November 2022
Never Too Young to Start Reading - and #WOYBS
Dear friends. You're never too young to get started with reading! Our granddaughter Olive, above, has already got her library card and enjoys hearing stories (above, with Jane, one of her grannies). But an alarming report this week said that in the UK, 1 in 5 adults are still functionally illiterate. That's over 7 million people.
Wednesday 16 November 2022
Three Winter Outfit Dilemmas Resolved with Cotton Traders
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Dear friends. With costs spiraling for everything, one of the things I'm keen to do is economise when I buy clothes or cosmetics. But I don't want to buy clothes on the cheap, and perpetuate "fast fashion," with all the unethical and unsustainable methods that implies.
I do rummage in charity shops, but I'm also mindful of the need to sustain the high street and all the jobs in retail and fashion, so you have to balance the two.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Skirt Styling Fun
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Thursday 3 November 2022
October in Review: What a Great Month!
Dear friends. October was a very busy month. Four Meet Ups, John's birthday celebration, two Kettlewell Colour Club outings, a visit to Battersea Power Station, a sky dive and more. Let's "dive" in.
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Permacrisis? Let's Have a Laugh Instead
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Dear friends. We learnt this week that the Collins Dictionary word of the year is "Permacrisis," defined as an extended period of instability and insecurity”.
Certainly in the UK we seem to veer from one crisis to another. This week it's the shameful conditions of a refugee camp and the nation's water companies cheerfully releasing sewage into the sea, as voted for by their coastal MPs. Not to mention the new prime minister planning not to attend the COP environmental talks. And the clocks going back.
Here at Mutton Towers, we're fed up with the permacrisis. This post focuses on a different set of Very British Problems, and lots of colour.